Top Movies of 1996


The top movies of 1996 list is calculated by community movie ratings and members' "Top Movies List". Lists are updated daily.

81. White Squall

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Ridley Scott
Actors: Jeff Bridges, Caroline Goodall, John Savage, Scott Wolf, Jeremy Sisto, Ryan Phillippe
Plot: Based on a true story: A group of undisciplined, inexperienced teens are sent aboard to crew a ship and learn to work together and grow but nothing can prepare them for the coming storm.

82. Emma

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Douglas McGrath
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi, Alan Cumming, Toni Collette, Denys Hawthorne

83. The First Wives Club

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Hugh Wilson
Actors: Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith, Dan Hedaya, Sarah Jessica Parker

84. Get on the Bus

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Spike Lee
Actors: Richard Belzer, De'aundre Bonds, Charles S. Dutton, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Bernie Mac, Isaiah Washington
Plot: A disparate group rides a bus to the Million Man March in Washington, DC.

85. Ridicule

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Patrice Leconte
Actors: Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort, Fanny Ardant, Judith Godrèche, Bernard Giraudeau, Urbain Cancelier
Plot: The kings court is harsh with weak people, but an engineer trying to save his native lands from pestilence caused by swamps is fighting for an audience with the king.

86. Before and After

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Barbet Schroeder
Actors: Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong, Julia Weldon, Alfred Molina, John Heard
Plot: The parents of Jacob Ryan finds their lives in upheaval after their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend.

87. The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Keith Fulton, Louis Pepe
Actors: Keith Fulton, Terry Gilliam, Lloyd Phillips, Ernie Malik, Mark Egerton, Janet Peoples

88. Flower of My Secret, The ( flor de mi secreto, La )

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Marisa Paredes, Juan Echanove, Carmen Elías, Rossy de Palma, Kiti Manver, Chus Lampreave
Plot: Leo (Marisa Paredes) suspects her husband of adultery. But no one suspects that she is a best-selling romance author, because she pretends to hate novels.

89. Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Biography/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Eriq La Salle
Actors: Don Cheadle, James Earl Jones, Michael Beach, Ronny Cox, Loretta Devine, Glynn Turman
Plot: Follows the life of one of basketball's greatest street legends.

90. That Thing You Do!

Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Tom Hanks
Actors: Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Johnathon Schaech, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Tom Hanks
Plot: The meteoric rise and falling out of The Wonders, a band out of Erie, Pennsylvania following the British Invasion in 1964.

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